Investigating the structure of disordered eating symptoms in adult men: A network analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Eating disorders (EDs) increasingly emerge as a health risk in men, but there is concern that men's symptoms go unnoticed due to stereotypical perceptions and gender-related differences in symptom presentation. Novel assessments focused particularly on attitudes and behaviours towards increasing muscle size and definition. Using network analysis, this study aimed to corroborate and extend previous findings on disordered eating presentation in men by examining the role of muscularity concerns among an extended range of disordered eating symptoms.

Method

N = 294 adult men (18 years or older) completed muscularity-related and disordered eating assessments, among which we included assessments for orthorexic eating and Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder for the f

SUBMITTER: Eschrich RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11617807 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature